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In October 2005, just one week after his death, Hislop was posthumously awarded the inaugural Jonathan R. Steinert and Fernando G. Ferreiro Award, Canada's largest award for contributions to LGBT communities. The $ 12,500 award, established by the
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benefits to the surviving same-sex partners of deceased pensioners as of 1998, but the change was not retroactive to earlier deaths. Shearer had died in 1986, making Hislop ineligible for survivor benefits.
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neighbourhood is also named in Hislop's honour. In honour of his role as a significant builder of LGBT culture and history in Canada, a portrait of Hislop by artist Norman Hatton is held by
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as an important influence on Layton's support of LGBT issues. In August of that year, Hislop received his first pension cheque under the 2004 court decision.
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activists. He was one of the earliest openly gay candidates for political office in Canada, and was a key figure in the early development of
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company with his partner, Ron Shearer. Hislop met Shearer in 1958 and the couple remained together until Shearer's death in 1986.
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The suit aimed to have retroactive benefits extended back to the 1985 inclusion of gay and lesbian equality rights in the
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openly campaigned against both Sewell and Hislop in the election. The following year, Hislop ran in the
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in honour of his contributions to the advancement of LGBT equality in Canada, and was cited by federal
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Andrew H. Malcolm, "Toronto Voters Oust Mayor Known for Combativeness," November 12, 1980
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Through the 1980s and 1990s, Hislop remained active as a business owner and activist.
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referred to Hislop as "the unofficial mayor of the Toronto gay community".
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Christian Cotroneo, "George Hislop, 78: 'Canada's official homosexual'".
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lawsuit against the federal government. The government had extended
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Also in 2004, Hislop was the grand marshal of Toronto's
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In 2005, Hislop was the first-ever recipient of the
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George Hislop
Canada
gay
Toronto
Banff School of Fine Arts
interior design
Community Homophile Association of Toronto
We Demand
Parliament Hill
Emanuel Jaques
Toronto City Council
Mayor
John Sewell
Toronto Police Association
1981 provincial election
St. George
1981 Toronto bathhouse raids
Order of Ontario
George Smitherman
class action
Canada Pension Plan
Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Pride parade
International Lesbian and Gay Law Association
Karl Heinrich Ulrichs Award
New Democratic Party
Jack Layton
Toronto Star
diabetes
Parkinson's disease

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